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<p>[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 3955212, member: 5515"]Good evening everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>I finally have some space in my schedule to share another recent purchase. I came across a listing of flatware that looked promising, but <u>man</u> did they look rough. I got some extra photos from the seller and recognized the marks of Swedish silver. I'm going to show the before photos first so you can see the rough state this flatware set was in when I received them. Everything from rusty blades to very thick tarnish (I'm talking about the kind that is like a corrosive rust that seems impossible to remove) and an overall state of neglect. But to those of us with a polishing passion, this is a perfect project to restore this set and bring them back to their original beauty. Here's the before photos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]323462[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323464[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323465[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323467[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 3955212, member: 5515"]Good evening everyone! I finally have some space in my schedule to share another recent purchase. I came across a listing of flatware that looked promising, but [U]man[/U] did they look rough. I got some extra photos from the seller and recognized the marks of Swedish silver. I'm going to show the before photos first so you can see the rough state this flatware set was in when I received them. Everything from rusty blades to very thick tarnish (I'm talking about the kind that is like a corrosive rust that seems impossible to remove) and an overall state of neglect. But to those of us with a polishing passion, this is a perfect project to restore this set and bring them back to their original beauty. Here's the before photos: [ATTACH=full]323462[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323464[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323465[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323467[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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